REDUNDANCY MAN

[zootm]

An investor pulled out of my company (unrelated to the company, they were cutting losses from other investments going sour) so I am once more in search of work. Ah well. I am beginning to feel like the Kiss Of Death for companies, but as yet I have done nothing wrong so it's not something I'm going to let annoy me.

In other news, Tom has pointed

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[bassresistance]

Aww man, that's pish :(

Will keep an ear out for you.

[zootm]

Ach, not that fussed. it's just a pain jobhunting!

[kurisu]

That sucks man. Have you thought about what kind of work you want to be looking for next? More of the same, or something a bit different?

[zootm]

My workmates from this most recent place are encouraging me to go for something higher level, like a senior developer position or whatever, because they think I'd be good at it. I'm tempted but for that sort of position you generally need 2 or 3 times the experience I have, at least. I have some friends in some companies who are trying to get me interviews in any case.

As for whether I keep doing the same kind of work, I think I will definitely stay within the realm of software development. It's what I enjoy, and it's what I'm good at. As with the last time I was jobhunting my focus is on getting involved with work that I find interesting more than much else, although I have more of an interest in the actual process than I did before.

What are you up to these days, incidentally?

[kurisu]

I'm working here at the moment, doing some J2ME development.

It's weird actually, because while I was jobhunting I'd sent my CV to a girl that was in my year at school, who was working in IT recruitment at the time. Turns out she wasn't the only girl from my year working there, I met the other one in the pub a few weeks ago. She asked me what I was up to now, and I said J2ME development, and she said that it was an in-demand skill, they always had trouble filling those jobs.

I never would have guessed that I would've been able to say 'J2ME' to her and have her understand what I meant.

[zootm]

Try asking her what that actually means ;)

Anything Java- or .NET-related seems to be in demand, I'm trying not to specialise too much on one or the other to be honest.